novelists, american

Provides a brief biography of American author Kurt Vonnegut and analysis of the works he has written.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and analytical information about 145 American and Canadian fiction writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their works, each with an annotated bibliography; and includes a glossary of terms and techniques, a time line of author birthdates, and an index.

A documentary detailing the life of twentieth-century African-American author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston that describes her childhood, education, travels, professional accomplishments, novels, and more.

Personal letters help profile the lives and careers of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, and recount the unique friendship the two men had with one another.

Examines the life and accomplishments of author Amy Tan, discussing her Chinese heritage, her youth in California, her early literary talent, and her success as a novelist.

Presents a short biography of twentieth-century African-American author and novelist, Toni Morrison, and chronicles her childhood in the Midwest, personal goals, literary career, and honor of being the first African-American woman in history to win the Nobel Prize for literature.

Presenst a memoir of Augusten Burroughs' relationship with his father, which consisted of abuse, aloofness, and betrayal.